Driving mechanism for toy wagons and the like.



A. LODGE.

DRIVING MECHANISM FOR TOY WAGONS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1911.

1,037,9 Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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, ALBERT LODGE, or 'rnirhnnnrnm, PnmvsYLvAuI'A.

, DRIVING-MECHANISM Foamy waaous ND THE LIKE.

To all whom it may con'ocmr Be it known that I, ALBERT'LODGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Falls, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Driving Mechanism for Toy Wagons and the Like, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to wagons and'more particularly'to toy wagons, and the object of' bottom plan view.

u on axles 2 carrying it Beferring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents the body which is mounted e front axle 2 is mounted so "as to be 'turned upon'aking pin 5 which, in this ini a steering post, 6; Thls guiding arrangement may be varied to suit conditionsv and forms no part of m invention. Mounted upon the undersi e of the body is a crank usual pintle cranks-9 carrying pintles 10. and has also secured thereto 'a bevel gear 11 which is in mesh with Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 17,1911.

the, shaft 16 weighted so as to act asa e1 wheels 3 and 4.

Serial No. 603,144; I

a pinion 12 carried upon a longitudinal Worm shaft 13. This worm shaft is provided with a worm 14.- which engages a worm wheel 15 upon a transverse sha t lfi'joura ,naled in bearings' l7 depending from the bottom of the body. 'Adjacent one end of there is secured thereto a sprocket wheel 18 which is connected to a smallersprocket 19 upon the rear axle 2 by a sprocket chain 20. The ear ll maybe y wheel or the sprocket wheel orthe worm wheel ma be weighted, but as this is'a common expedient Ihave not shown the same herein. Iclaim:- In combination, a wagon body having an apertured floor and a running ear, brackets secured'to the floor and exten ing partially across the aperture, a crank shaft journaled in said brac ets, a bevel gear mounted upon the crank shaft, a transmission shaft having a worm thereon and a pinion to engage sai bevel-gear, a worm wheel worm on the transmission wheel connected to said 'wor'm wheel, a flexiin mesh with the Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

shaft, a sprocket ble driving connection between the sprocket wheel and the running'gear of the wagon, and pedals on the crank shaft exposed through the aperture. y

In testimon whereof I afiix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.- hanger..7 infwhich a-f I crank shat-t8 is journaled. This crank shaft is provided with the I ALBERT 'Loniif Witnesses: I I FREEMAN H. BAXTER,

WILLIAM HY. RALEIGH. 

